Spirit-n-Soul Hanging

so here goes - this one is for Suze, Creative Jumpstart teacher and Nathalie at N*Studio

Suze showed us her wall hanging rod she created so i gave it a go.

 

started with this - 2 wrapping paper rolls made into one large rod

and added these  

tapes, linen home-dec fabric as base.

ribbons, lace, yarns

wires

fabrics of all types.

and finished with this - my Spirit-n-Soul hanging

 

I'm not finished yet but you can see its temporarily hanging downstairs in my living room. I decided to use my collection of trade dolls to create my Spirit-n-Soul hanging

 close-ups of a few of the dolls. first one from UU,

and the center doll is one I did years ago with beading, cabochon gem face,  decorative stitch fabric with beads and the two small dolls came from Australia me thinks. the words in between the dolls read "spotlight theatre high". that piece of fabric is hand-dyed with words added using tulip.
its not finished yet - think I will add beads, buttons, baubles hanging down along with fabric scraps and hand-made fabric beads from an Alma Stoller class. 

STITCHED lutradur journal

handmad beads on my lutradur journal.

Dale Potter's journal landscape class on STITCHED by Alma Stoller. i'm getting the hand of handstitching. lori would be proud.